Ruby (H5) flowers, VIII–IX; yellowish green foliage in summer, turning bronze-red in winter; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.
Sport on ‘Allegro‘; introduced by P. Bakhuyzen & Zonen (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1981.
Name is an allusion to the parent name allegro – con brio is also a musical term meaning briskly.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; new shoots are pink like freshly polished copper; summer foliage is yellow-green, turning bronze in winter; upright, vigorous habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Sport on ‘Darkness‘; found by Mr and Mrs John Hewitt in 1981 in his nursery (Grafham, Guildford, Surrey, England); introduced by J. & E. Hewitt in 1984.
Name is an allusion to the foliage.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; orange-yellow foliage in summer which deepens to red-copper in winter; stiffly erect habit; height 40cm; spread 55cm. Sport on ‘Manitoba‘, found by Albert Bosch in 1999 in his nursery, Westerlee, Netherlands.
® C.2006:06 registered by A. Bosch, Boomkwekerij Bosch, Westerlee, Netherlands.
Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; soft-gold foliage, tinted orange in summer, deepening to red in winter; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Introduced by G. B. Rawinsky (Primrose Hill Nursery, Haslemere, Surrey, England) in 1971.
Crimson (H13) flowers in long spikes, VIII–X; dark green foliage; spreading habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Introduced by Bob Corbett of British Columbia, Canada
Profuse white flowers, VII–VIII; bright green foliage; erect; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Plentiful white flowers, VII–VIII; light green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Keep trimmed.
Wild-collected; found near Moniaive, Dumfries, Scotland by John Corrie (Moniaive) about 1930; introduced by Oliver & Hunter (Moniaive, Dumfries, Scotland) about 1938.
Named after the finder, John Corrie, a shopkeeper and teacher in Moniave, Dumfries, Scotland, near where it was found.
White flowers, VIII–IX; bright yellow foliage throughout the year; spreading habit with erect stems; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Found by Major-General P. G. Turpin, a past Chairman of The Heather Society, in his garden at West Clandon, Surrey, England, in 1974.
Named after the Turpins’ house.
❁ Large, shell-pink (H16) flowers, VIII–X; mid-green foliage; low, compact habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. An excellent plant found at Lough Dan, County Wicklow, Ireland, in the 1920s.
White flowers, VIII–IX, on lateral shoots as well as main stems; mid-green foliage; stiff upright habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found on Craig Rossie, in Ochils, behind Auchterarder, Fife, Scotland by R. J. Brien (Pitcairngreen Heather Farm, Perth, Scotland) by 1968.
Named after the hill on which it was collected.
